US Patent Issued to SAES Getters on March 31 for "Snap-on getter pump assembly and its use" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,577, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAES Getters S.p.A. (Lainate, Italy).

"Snap-on getter pump assembly and its use" was invented by Alessandro Ferrara (S. Giorgio su Legnano, Italy) and Michele Mura (Arona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Snap-on getter pump assembly where a first part, a getter subassembly (10; 20; 30; 40), is firmly but reversibly coupled with a second part, holding the getter heater (50) and a closed cable module (57; 67), and such assembly of these two parts is easily installed through plugging and screwing into a support comprising a matching plug-and-socket type connection."

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